I got scamed outa $500

i just sold 115k for $435 and another lot of 20k for $80(2 seperate servers and players) and then paypal reveresed it because they said the account was authorised by someone else. This sucks i needed that $500 and paypal siad they cant do shit i rang them and everything. Is there another online bank that is better to use? or another payment method?

 

No, where you screwed up, is you are supposed to have them send it as a gift. Lesson learned.

 

send as gift, take the 5-10% cut and be done with it

otherwise this happens

my key rule:

Don't get greedy <--- why? b/c then shit like this happens

but now so many douchebags are simply using "unauthorized transaction" bullshit to scam people, its stupid

 

i told them to send as a gift! I rang paypal and paypal said the accounts had unauthorised accsess thats way the payments where reversed. How do u check if it was sent as a gift or not.

 

More than likely they told PayPal the account was stolen and the money sent unwillingly after they received your gold, Don't think sending as a gift matters in this regard.

 

im going to have to speak to paypal and see what the best solution to stupid shit like this is now

 

where you selling to a website or private buyer

 

Always 3 days

When dealing with Paypal, you have to let the money be in there for atleast 3 days before you can consider them yours. When you get the message that cash has been transfered to your account. Then its actually on its way, and not in your account. This is actually a very common way to screw people up.
sorry for yor loss.

 

Yep, if the buyer wants it, they will wait.

I have also contacted paypal for an "in depth" answer to this riddle

 

I have sold a lot to people that buys as gift, and it is indeed possible to reverse the money by explaining paypal that the account was compromised.

What they do, is login to PP and make the payment with a proxy, do it as gift. Ask paypal to reverse it as it was compromised, and paypal will do so.

 

I called Paypal and they said "there is in no way shape or form a way to protect virtual goods"

 

Well it looks like moneybrokers may be a better option for people that you can't trust

or what was that other company that some ppl use that basically after its sent, they can't get it back?

no, im not talking about WU

 

Just another lesson learned, and another argument for the people thinking about expanding into 10.000 bots to get rich selling gold, good luck....

 

This is why I find private buyers I can trust. I haven't had a chargeback since eBay a very long time ago (DAoC accounts)

put their email address into google or whatever site you have been advertising on

 

They are still able to reverse the payment if it's sent as a gift. All the person needs to do is contact his/her bank and say it was fraudulently withdrawn, and paypal will reverse it. I had this happen to me once. So no way is safe on paypal.

 

Screw Paypal

I acutally learned the hard way not to sell anything wow related using Paypal. I was trying to sell my accounts and be done with wow. I was tired of all the changes I didnt want to "learn to play" any longer. So i posted an add on craigslist and had several ppl contact me. I eventually decided to sell to a user who did pay the 1k for my accounts but then he turned around and told paypal that the account was used without his permission and they reversed the charges. Luckily I hadnt given the authenticators.

 

I'm thinking of GlobalCollect that OffGamers added as payment awhile ago, any1 have experience with them?
And sorry for your loss dude, people are assholes

 

Paypal's about as safe as it gets. Even direct CC payments can be reversed - at least paypal is quick and easy.

The only safer alternative is having them mail you cash.

 

Hows is them mailing cash to you safe? You don't know if they sent it or just said they did.

 

hahah that reminds me when my friend did the same as you, but the guy messed it up and didn't succeed in getting the funds back, so after getting to keep the money, my friend recovered his wow account because the guy was trying to screw him